Vehicle sign



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INVENTOR TIG. 7 CHARLES E. MORCEY WML@ @im #M121 ATTORNEYS United StatesPatent O 3,496,666 VEHICLE SIGN Charles E. Morley, St. Clair Shores,Mich., assignor to The Mathews Company, Detroit, Mich., a corporation ofMichigan Filed Apr. 10, 1968, Ser. No. 720,209

Int. Cl. G09f 7/00 U.S. Cl. 40--129 17 Claims ABSTRACT F THE DISCLOSUREIn the copending application of William J. Lowmaster entitled VehicularSign, Ser. No. 690,236, led Dec. 13, 1967, and assigned to the assigneeof this application, there is disclosed a vehicular sign for indicatingthe character of goods carried by the vehicle wherein a pack ofindividual sign cards are stored in a sign carrier mounted on aSupporting member. Signs are changed by moving the sign carrier to asign changing position relative to the supporting member and thenrearranging the individual cards to place the desired sign on top of thepack. When the sign carrier is pushed back into the supporting member,the sign cards are held in place by the sign carrier and the supportingmember. Although this sign is useful for most applications, it isdesirable to have different sign constructions available to meet thedemand and choice of prospective purchasers. Also it is possible that asign card may be lost accidentally or stolen.

Therefore, the object of the present invention is to provide an improvedsign assembly for motor vehicles.

Other objects of the present invention are to provide a vehicle signthat facilitates rapid changing of the legends; that is free offasteners that are diflicult to manipulate during sign changing; thatallows rapid changing of signs that are permanently but changeablyincorporated in the sign assembly; that reduces the likelihood of theftand accidental loss of the sign cards; that is durable and rugged andyet of relatively low-cost construction; and that provides a wideselection of signs in a very compact assembly.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a sign assemblyhaving interchangeable signs bound in a book-like assembly that isrugged and durable; that facilitates permanent mounting of theinterchangeable sign on a vehicle or the like; and that facilitatesrapid sign changing while minimizing the possibility 0f accidental lossof individual signs.

Other objects, features and advantages of the present invention willbecome apparent with the following description, the appended claims andthe accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. l is a perspective view of a truck provided with a sign constructedaccording to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged front plan view of the sign assembly of FIG. l;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged rear plan view of the sign assembly;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged horizontal sectional View taken on line 4-4 ofFIG. 2 and also illustrating a portion of the truck body;

FIG. 5 is an exploded view of the sign assembly of FIGS. 2-4;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view illustrating an alternative embodiment of asign assembly which is shown in an open posltion;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the sign of FIG. 6 in a closed position;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical section taken along the line8-8 in FIG. 6; and

FIG. 9 is an enlarged fragmentary horizontal section taken along line9-9 of FIG. 7.

In FIG. l there is illustrated a sign assembly 10 of the presentinvention mounted on the trailer 12 of a truck 14. Preferably more thanone sign is carried on truck 14, commonly at other conspicuous locationson the trailer 12, such as the front, the rear and both sides of thetrailer as illustrated by a second sign assembly 16. Conspicuous displayof such a sign identifying the cargo carried by truck 14 is required bylaw for certain goods. Trailer 12 is illustrated as having verticalcorrugations 18 and the width of sign 10 is selected so that the signmay be mounted flat against the body of the trailer 12 between adjacentcorrugations 18.

Referring more particularly to FIGS. 2-5, the sign assembly 10 generallycomprises a supporting member 20 iixedly mounted on the body of trailer12. A sign carrier 22 is mounted on support 20 for vertical movementrelative thereto from a closed, sign-displaying position illustrated infull lines in FIGS. 2 and 3 to an open, signchanging positionillustrated in dashed lines in FIGS. 2 and 3. Mounted on the signcarrier 22 are two booklike sign assemblies, an upper sign book assembly24 and a lower sign book assembly 26, each of which comprises aplurality of individual sign cards bound together so that a particularsign can be selected when carrier 22 is in its raised position.

More particularly, the supporting member 20v cornprises a generallyrectangular backing panel 30 that is mounted directly on the surface oftrailer 12 by means of suitable fasteners such as rivets 32. In thepreferred ernbodiment, supporting member 20 is made of sheet metal, suchas 32 gauge primed aluminum, although other materials may also be used.Along each vertically extending side edge of the backing panel 30 is aforwardly extending flange 34, 36, respectively. Each flange 34, 36 hasa return bent tab 317, 38, respectively, that extends laterally inwardlyparallel to the backing panel 30 and overlying the carrier 22. Eachflange 34, 36 and its tab 37, 38 extends vertically slightly more thanone-half of the height of the backing panel and on the order oftwothirds of the height of the backing panel in the preferred embodimentto overlie the lower portion of assembly 24 when carrier 22 is in itslowered position. Backing panel 30 also has an integral horizontalflange 40 along its lower-most edge that serves as a support and stopfor the carrier 22. Two integral ribs 42 are spaced apart laterally ofthe backing panel 30 and extend substantially the full height of thebacking panel from -just above the lowermost edge thereof to the upperedge. -Each of the ribs 42 has a generally flat front face 44 and alongitudinal slot 46. Ribs 4.2 and slots 46 serve to slidably supportcarrier 22 for vertical movement on the supporting member 20.

Carrier 22 comprises a at panel 48 formed along its top edge with aforwardly projecting top flange 50 along each side edge with a forwardlyprojecting side flange 52. Carrier 22 is also preferably made of sheetmetal, although other similar materials, such as plastic, that lendthemselves to fabrication of the desired shape may also be used. Carrier22 is slidably fastened on member 20 by two rivets 56 which extendrearwardly through slots 46 and have a washer 58 thereon at the rearside of ribs 42. Rivets 56 are disposed near the lower edge of carrier22 to bottom in the lower ends of slots 46 when carrier 22 bottoms onflange 40. Rivets 56 are loose so that carrier 22 slides freely relativeto member 20. The height of the ribs 42, the lateral flanges 52, and thetabs 37, 38 are selected so that the front edge of the flange 52sildably engages the underside of the tabs 37, 3S.

Each of the book-like sign assemblies 24, 26 comprises eight individualcards 60 whose height is approximately one-half the height of thecarrier 22 and whose width is also approximately one-half the width ofthe carrier 22. Cards '60 are made of sheet metal, such as 16 gaugealuminum in the preferred embodiment, although other materials may alsobe used. The individual cards 60 in each of the assemblies 24, 26 arehingedly connected to carrier 22 by a binder 62 which generallycomprises a base plate =64 and four integral hinge tabs, two tabs 66 forthe upper sign assembly 24 and two tabs 68 for the lower sign assembly26. The binder 62 is fastened on carrier 22 by rivets 70 with plate 64disposed at the rear side of carrier 22. Tabs 66, 68 have asemi-circular configuration and project forwardly through generallyrectangular apertures, two apertures 72 for the upper assembly 24 andtwo apertures 74 for the lower assembly 26, through narrow slots 76 incards 60 of the upper assembly 24 and back through apertures 72. A attab portion 78 at the free end of each tab 66 abuts the rear face ofpanel 30 to retain the tabs tightly in place. Similarly the lower tabs68 pass through slots in the cards 60 in the lower assembly 26 and areretained in place by end tab portions 80. Midway between the top and thebottom of the carrier 22 are a pair of struck out tabs 84 which projectforwardly underneath the lower edge of the cards in the top assembly 24to assist supporting the cards in a straight horizontal line.

The card assemblies 24, 26 are assembled in place on carrier 22 byinserting the tabs 66, 68 through the corresponding apertures 72, 74with the base plate 64 disposed generally perpendicular to the backsurface of the panel 48. The cards 60 are then threaded on tabs 66, 68.The tabs 66, 68 are then pivoted downwardly in a generallycounterclockwise direction, as viewed in FIG. 4, and moved to an extremeposition toward the right, as viewed in FIG. 4, so that the end tabportions 78, 80 can pass downwardly and rearwardly through apertures 72,74. The binder 62 is then moved toward the left as viewed in FIG. 4 sothat the end tab portions 78, 80l are disposed beneath the backing panel30, adjacent the apertures 72, 74. Base plate 64 is then riveted to thecarrier 22. In the preferred embodiment, the binder 62 is formed of arelatively stiff sheet metal and the width of apertures 72, 74 is suchthat the above assembly operation can be performed without compressingthe tabs 66, 68. However, by using a more resilient sheet metal or othersuitable materials, such as plastics, the width of the apertures 72, 74can be such that the tabs 66, `68 must be radially compressed in orderfor the tabs to pass back downwardly through the apertures after thecards 60 are assembled thereon.

With the book-like assemblies 24, 26 mounted on the carrier 22 asdescribed hereinabove, when the carrier is in a closed position withselected pairs of cards lying flat and disposed side by side as shown infull lines in FIGS. 2 and 3, the tabs 37, 38 overlie the laterallyoutward edges of the cards 60 in both the upper assembly 24 and thelower assembly 26 to hold the cards in place displaying a selected signsuch as the Flammable Gas sign shown in FIG. 2. When it is desired tochange the sign being displayed, the carrier 22 is raised with rivets 56moving upwardly in slots `46 until the rivets reach the upper ends ofthe slots. At the upper travel limit of carrier 22, the lower-most edgesof the cards in the lower assembly 26 clear the top edge of the flanges34, 36 and tabs 37, 38, as illustrated in dashed lines in FIGS. 2 and 3.The individual cards may then be turned on the 4 tabs 66, 68 to selectdifferent signs. After the sign has been changed, the carrier is thenmoved to its lower position with the cards 60 being again retained inplace by the flanges 34, 36. A suitable lock (not shown) may be providedin the assembly 10 to lock the carrier 22 in the closed position.

In the preferred embodiment, the upper sign assembly 24 and the lowersign assembly 26 have duplicate sets of cards. Side-by-side faces ofadjacent cards are printed with a legend such as Flam `on the back ofone card and Mable on the front of the adjacent card as shown in FIG. 2.The upper and lower sign assemblies 24, 26 facilitate the simultaneousdisplay of two different legends, such as Flammable and Gas orCompressed and Gas, one by each of the assemblies 24, 26. Each of thesign assemblies includes at least one blank, unprinted set of cards sothat a single legend such as Poison may be displayed on the otherassembly. One legend, or the blank legend, may be provided on theleft-hand side, as viewed in FIG. 2, of the back panel 4S and the frontof the top one of the cards 60 for display when the cards are all turnedto the right-hand position and another legend may be provided on theright-hand side of panel 48 and the back of the back one of the cards 66for display when the cards are all turned to the left-hand position.Where it is desirable to provide a thinner sign assembly, the cards 60in the sign assembly 24 may carry legends different from those on thecards in the lower sign assembly 26.

The sign construction disclosed hereinabove may be fabricated simply andeconomically and requires very few parts and no separate fasteners. Awide variety of legends may be displayed and the legends can be readilychanged. It will be apparent that one of the assemblies 24, 26 could beeliminated providing a corresponding reduction in the height of the signassembly, but the dual sign assembly, using the upper assembly 24 andthe lower assembly 26, is preferred and permits a large number of signsto be displayed in a thin package. Permanent attachment of the cards 60to the carrier 22, of the carrier to the supporting member 20, and ofthe member 20 to the truck 14 deters theft and prevents accidental lossof the sign cards.

Referring to the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 6, a sign comprises agenerally rectangular support member 91, an upper book-like signassembly 92 and a lower book-like sign assembly 93. The support member91 comprises a flat, generally rectangular back panel 94 formed with anintegral horizontal flange 96 extending forwardly from along the topedge of panel94 and a lower horizontal ange 98 projecting forwardly fromthe lower edge of panel 94. Along each side of panel 94 is a forwardlyprojecting vertical side flange 100. Each flange 100 has a laterallyinwardly projecting tab 104 that extends parallel to and overlies thelaterally outermost edges of the back panel 94. At each end of the topflange 96 is a horizontal extending slot 97 having its laterally outerend disposed behind the corresponding side tab 104. Bottom flange 98also has a slot 99 disposed at each end behind tabs 104. The supportingmember 91 is made of sheet metal in the preferred embodiment, althoughit is to be understood that other material suitable for fabrication inthe above described member can also be used.

The upper sign assembly 92 comprises a plurality of cards 106 which arebound together and to the upper portion of a pair of card carrier panels108, 110, respectively. Cards 106 are approximately one-half the widthof the back panel 94 and have a height that is slightly greater thanone-half the height of the back panel. The carrier panels 108, 110extend substantially the full height of the back panel 94 between thetop flange 96 and the bottom flange 98. The width of panels 108, 110 isapproximately one-half the width of the back panel 94. Cards 106 arebound on panels 108, 110 by means of closed, ring-shaped bands 112 thatpass through all of the cards 106 and panels 108, 110 so that the cards106 are permanently and hingedly attached to panels 108, 110. Similarly,the lower card assembly 93 comprises a plurality of cards 116 mounted onthe lower portion of panels 108, 110 by means of closed ring-shapedbands 118. The width of cards 116 is again approximately one-half thefull width of panel 94 and the height is slightly less than onehalf theheight of the panel 94. Although the cards 106, 116 have been describedas having different heights, which construction may be required todisplay certain legends, it is to be understood that the cards 106, 116might have substantially equal heights, approximately one-half theheight of the back panel 94, as with the cards 60 described hereinabovein connection with FIGS. 2-5. The cards 106, 116 are made of stiff sheetmetal in the preferred embodiment.

The laterally outer edge of each carrier panel 108, 110 has an integraltubular guide 122 formed by rolling the edge of the panel rearwardly andthen abutting the edge against the rear face of the panel. Guides 122extend the full height of panels 108, 110. Each panel 108, 110 ismovably supported on member 91 by a pin 124 that extends downwardlythrough slot 97 in flange 96, through guide 122 and then through -slot99 in the lower flange 98. Each end of each pin 124l is formed with asuitable head as at 130 so that the pin is slidably fastened to thesupporting member 91. A clasp 134 fastened on the back panel 94 has asnap-over finger 136 yielding movable from an open position shown inFIG. 6 to a closed position shown in FIG. 7.

With the sign 90 having the construction described hereinabove, whenpins 124 are moved to their extreme laterally outer positions in slots97, 98 with panels 108, 110 lying at parallel to back panel 94, thelaterally outer edges of cards 106, 116 are disposed beneath the sidetabs 104. Finger 136 is then snapped forwardly and downwardly againstthe front face of the exposed cards to retain the card assemblies 92, 93in a flat condition with tabs 104 retaining the laterally outer edges ofthe cards 106, 116 in place. When it is desired to change the sign,finger 135 is opened to the raised position illustrated in FIG. 6 andthe card assemblies 92, 93 are moved forwardly to their open,sign-changing position by moving the inner edges of the panels 108, 110forwardly away from the back panel 94. As the center of the signassemblies 92, 93 hinges away from the back panel 94, pins 124 slidelaterally inwardly in slots 97, 98 and the outer edges of cards 106, 116move out from under the flanges 104 so that the cards are free to beturnedto a desired sign.

The sign 90 described hereinabove may also be fabricated simply andeconomically and it facilitates the display for a wide Variety of signsthat can be changed readily. As with the sign y described hereinabove inconnection with FIGS. 2-5, the signs printed on cards 106 of theassembly 92 may be the same as those printed on the cards 116 of theassembly 93 or different signs may be printed on the cards in assembly92 from those printed on the cards 116 of the assembly 93, dependingupon the particular application involved. Although a particular clasp134 has lbeen disclosed to hold the assemblies 92, 93 in place, othertypes of fasteners as well as other arrangements will be readilyapparent. For example, a releasable catch to hold each pin 124 in itsextreme laterally outward position (FIG. 7) could be used to hold thesign 90 in the closed position illustrated in FIG. 7.

The sign assemblies have been described hereinabove for purposes ofillustration and are not intended to indicate limits of the presentinvention, the scope of which is dened in the following claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A sign for motor vehicles or the like comprising a supporting memberadapted to be mounted on the vehicle and having a backing panel, firstand second flanges integral with said backing panel and disposed,respectively, at opposite vertically extending edges thereof, saidflanges extending forwardly from said panel and hav ing tab portionprojecting laterally inwardly and overlying said backing panel, aplurality of individual indieia bearing cards each having a width on theorder of one-half the lateral spacing between said first and sec-- ondflanges, hinge means binding said cards together in a book-like assemblyso that selected pairs of cards may lbe disposed side by side, and cardcarrying means supporting said card assembly on said supporting memberso that cards may be turned in a direction from one side to the otherside of said supporting member, said card carrying means being movablymounted on said supporting member and cooperating with said lateral tabportions so that in one position of said card carrying means saidlateral tab portions overlie laterally outer edges of said cards toretain a selected pair of cards side by side and so that when said cardcarrying means is moved to a second position said card edges move outfrom underneath said lateral tab portions and are freed from retentionby said lateral tab portions.

2. The sign set forth in claim 1 wherein said card carrying meanscomprises carrier panel means, said tab portions on said lateral flangesform a guide and said carrier panel means is vertically slidable in saidguide so that when selected cards are disposed side by side and saidcarrier panel means is disposed in a lowered position in said guide saidtab portions overlie laterally outermost edges of said cards and whensaid carrier panel means is raised lowermost portions of said edges ofsaid cards are disposed above said tab portions.

3. The sign set forth in claim 2 wherein said supporting member has athird flange integral with said backing panel at a lower horizontal edgethereof and projecting forwardly of said backing panel, said thirdflange having a tab portion projecting upwardly and overlying saidbacking panel so that when said card carrying means is disposed in saidlowered position lowermost edges of said cards are retained behind saidtab portion of said third flange.

4. The sign set forth in claim 2 wherein said supporting member has atleast one slot therein extending in a vertical direction parallel to thedirection of travel of said carrier panel means in said guide, andfollower means movable in said slot and operatively connected to saidsupporting member and said carrier panel means so that the carrier panelmeans is vertically slidable with said follower means moving in saidslot and retaining said carrier panel means interconnected with saidsupporting member.

5. The sign set forth in claim 2 wherein said supporting member has apair of spaced-apart, vertically extending ribs projecting forwardly ofsaid backing panel, an elongated slot in each of said ribs extendinglongitudinally of each rilb in a direction parallel to the direction oftravel of said carrier panel means in said guide and a pin followerdisposed in each of said slots and operatively connected to saidsupporting member and said carrier panel means so that said carrierpanel means is slidable on said ribs with said pins moving in said slotsand retaining said carrier panel means on said supporting member.

6. The sign set forth in claim 1 wherein said hinge means comprises anelongated base plate and a plurality of arcuate tabs spaced apartlongitudinally along said base plate and integral therewith, a pluralityof apertures in said backing panel, said base plate being disposed at arear side of said backing panel and being mounted on said backing panelwith said hinge tabs projecting forwardly through said apertures andpassing through each of said cards, and wherein each hinge tab has agenerally flat portion at the free end thereof abutting said rear sideof said backing panel.

7. The sign set forth in claim 6 wherein the dimension of each aperturein a direction laterally of said backing 7 panel is greater than thestraight line dimension of said hinge talb from its base to its freeend.

8. The sign set for in claim 6 wherein a second booklike assembly issupported on said card carrying means below said first-mentionedbook-like assembly and aligned end to end therewith, said secondbook-like assembly comprises a second plurality of cards hingedly boundtogether so that selected cards may be disposed side by side and turnedin a direction from one side to the other of said supporting member, andwherein said second book-like assembly includes hinge means having abase plate portion integral with said base plate of said iirst-mentionedhinge means.

9. The sign set forth in claim 1 wherein a second booklike assembly issupported on said card carrying means below said first-mentionedbook-like assembly and aligned end to end therewith, said secondlook-like assembly comprising a second plurality of cards hingedly boundtogether so that selected cards may be disposed side by side and turnedin a direction from one side to the other side of said supportingmember, and wherein said tab portions are disposed to retain selectedpairs of cards side by side in said second assembly when said cardcarrying means is disposed in said one position.

10. The sign set forth in claim 1 wherein all of said cards havesubstantially the same dimensions, each of said cards having indiciathereon correlated to the indicia on an adjacent card in said book-likeassembly so that when a selected pair of cards are disposed side by sidethe indicia thereon present a predetermined legend.

11. The sign set forth in claim 1 wherein said card carrying meanscomprises a pair of card carrying panels disposed side by side andhingedly connected together by said hinge means to support said cards onsaid card carrying panels, and means interconnecting each of said cardcarrying panels with said supporting member for sliding movement oflaterally outer edges of said card carrying panels in a directionlaterally of said supporting member so that when selected cards aredisposed side by side on said card carrying panels and said cardcarrying panels are moved to a laterally outermost position said tabportions overdie laterally outermost edges of said cards and when saidcard carrying panels are moved laterally inwardly said edges of saidcards move laterally inwardly to a position free of retention of saidtab portions.

12. The sign set forth in claim 11 wherein said means interconnectingsaid card carrying panels and said supporting member for slidingmovement comprises at least one elongated slot at each side of saidsupporting member extending longitudinally in a direction laterally ofsaid supporting member, and follower means on each card carrying panelmovable in a respective slot and operatively connected to saidsupporting member so that said card carrying panels are slidable in adirection laterally of said supporting member with said follower meansmoving laterally inwardly along said slots and retaining said cardcarrying panels on said supporting member.

13. The sign set forth in claim 11 wherein said supporting member has athird flange integral with said backing panel at a lower horizontal edgethereof and projecting forwardly of said backing panel, a fourth angeintegral with said backing panel along the upper horizontal edge thereofand projecting forwardly of said backing panel, an elongated slot ateach end of said third flange adjacent a respective one of said lateralflanges, an elongated slot at each end of said fourth flange adjacent arespective one of said lateral flanges, each of said slots extendinglongitudinally in a direction laterally inwardly from its adjacentlateral flange, and a pin follower disposed in each of said slots andengaging a laterally outer portion of an adjacent card carrying panel toslidably retain said card carrying panels on said supporting member.

14. The sign set forth in claim 11 wherein said hinge means moves in adirection forwardly and outwardly of said backing panel in response tolateral movement of said card carrying panels and wherein said signfurther comprises a retaining member mounted on said supporting memberand releasably engageable with said book-like assembly to restrainforward motion of said hinge means when a selected pair of cards aredisposed side by side with the laterally outermost edges of saidselected cards retained by said tab portions.

15. The sign set forth in claim 11 wherein a second book-like assemblyis supported on said card carrying panels below said first-mentionedbook-like assembly and aligned end to end therewith, said secondbook-like assembly comprising a second plurality of cards hingedly boundtogether so that selected cards in a pair may be disposed side by sideand turned in a direction from one side to the other side of saidsupporting member.

16. A sign for a motor vehicle or the like comprising a supportingmember having a backing panel adapted to be fastened on the vehicle,said supporting member having rst and second integral outwardlyextending anges at opposite vertically extending side edges of saidbacking panel, rst and second tab means formed integrally with said rstand second flanges, respectively, and extending laterally inwardly ofsaid backing panel and substantially parallel thereto to form a guide, asign carrier slidably supported for vertical movement in said guide, theuppermost edge of said supporting member being substantially free ofanges to permit said carrier to be moved upwardly relative to saidsupporting member, a third integral outwardly extending flange at thelowermost horizontal edge of said backing panel to limit downwardmovement of said carrier, a lirst plurality of sign cards, hinge meansbinding said cards together in a first booklike assembly, said book-likeassembly being fastened to said carrier substantially midway betweensaid lateral flanges, s-o-me of said cards being disposed at one side ofsaid hinge means with the laterally outer edges thereof disposed behindsaid tab means on one of said lateral flanges, the remaining cards beingdisposed on the other side of said hinge means with the laterally outeredges thereof disposed beneath said tab means on the other of saidlateral anges, a second plurality of sign cards, and second hinge meansbinding said second cards together in a second book-like assembly, saidsecond book-like assembly being fastened to said carrier substantiallymidway between said lateral flanges and below said rst ibook-likeassembly, some of said cards in said second book-like assembly beingdisposed at one side of said hinge means with the laterally outer edgesthereof disposed behind said tab means on one of said lateral flanges,and the remaining cards in said second book-like assembly being disposedat the other side of said hinge means with the laterally outer edgesthereof disposed beneath said tab means on the other of said lateralflanges.

17. A sign for a motor vehicle or the like comprising a supportingmember having a backing panel adapted to be fastened on the vehicle,said supporting member hav-` ing first and second integral outwardlyextending flanges at opposite vertically extending side edges of saidbacking panel, rst and second tab means formed integrally with saidfirst and second flanges, respectively, and extending laterally inwardlyof said backing panel and substantially parallel thereto, a third angeat the lowermost horizontally extending edge of said backing panel andextending forwardly of said backing panel, an elongated slot at eachlateral end of said third flange adjacent a respective one of said sideflanges, a fourth flange at the uppermost horizontally extending edge ofsaid backing panel and projecting forwardly of said backing panel, anelongated slot at each lateral end of said fourth flange adjacent arespective one of said side flanges, said slots extending longitudinallyin a direction laterally inwardly from said side anges, a pair of cardcarrying panels disposed side by side and hingedly connected together attheir adjacent side edges, said card carrying panels extendingvertically between said third and said fourth flanges and laterallyoutwardly to said slots, a pin disposed in each of said slots andengaged with an adjacent card carrying panel, a first plurality of signcards hingedly bound together in a rst book-like assembly and fastenedon an upper portion of said card panels substantially midway betweensaid lateral flanges, some of said cards being disposed at one side ofsaid rst assembly hinge with the laterally outer edges thereof disposedbehind said tab means on one of said lateral anges, the remaining cardsbeing disposed at the other side of said first assembly hinge with thelaterally outer edges thereof disposed =be neath said tab means on theother of said lateral flanges, and a second plurality of sign cardshingedly bound together in a second book-like assembly and fastened on alower portion of said card carrying panels substantially midway betweensaid lateral fianges, some of said second cards being disposed at oneside of said second assembly 20 References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS2,432,760 12/1947 Higbee 40-336 2,968,110 1/1961 Quanstrom 40-3363,136,082 6/1964 Sloves 40-102 EUGENE R. CAPOZIO, Primary ExaminerWENCESLAO I. CONTRERAS, Assistant Examiner U.S. Cl. X.R. 40-102

